Stop-cock.



PATENTED MAR. 3,- 1903.

P. R. FERN.

' STOP COCK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK R. FERN, OF LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOP-COCK.

BPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 722,092, dated March 3, 1903. Application filed July 1, 1902. Serial No. 113,947. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK R. FERN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Latrobe, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stop- Cocks,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stop-cocks, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby hot and cold water may be drawn from the same spigot.

The present invention has for its object to provide a casing having a hot and cold water inlet, a valve and valve-casing secured in said casing, the said valve-casing having a valve that will allow and permit either the hot or cold water to flow through the single outlet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the above-described character that will be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient in its use.

My present invention further contemplates to provide a stop-cock that may be easily taken apart and cleaned and readily secured together.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed outin the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout both views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved stop-cock. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 represents the casing having formed therein the hot-water inlet 2 and the cold-water inlet 3, said casing having formed in said inletports screw-threads 4 to connect the same in the proper manner to supply-pipes. The casing 1 is provided at its forward end with the ordinary outlet 5. The body portion of the faucet has a cut-away portion 6, in which is saddled the valve-casing 7. This valve-casing is formed with the openings or passages 2 and 3, respectively, which communicate with the hot and cold water inlets and converge inwardly to a point about centrally of the casing, where they merge into a single opening or passage 5, which is in communi cation with the outlet 5.

8 indicates a valve mounted in the valvecasing 7 at a point intermediate the inner ends of the openings 2, 3, and 5, respectively. This valve-casing is secured to the casing 1 by means of screws or bolts 9, or it may be secured by other suitable fastening means, and the valve 8 carries the ordinary valve-stem 10, extending through the upper portion of the casing, and has formed on its upper end a suitable handle 11.

The operation of my improved stop-cock is as follows: We will assume that the valve is placed in position as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thus allowing the hot water to flow through the valve to the outlet-port 5, the cold-water inlet 3 being tightly closed, and when itis desired to allow the cold water to enter through the port 5 the valve is reversed, thereby shutting off the hot-water supply and allowing the cold water to How through the spigot.

It will be seen that by the above novel form of construction a new valve may be easily replaced in the spigot and the interior channels are easily accessible and may be cleaned.

The many other advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will be readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cold and hot Water spigot, the combination with the spigot-casing formed with inlet and outlet openings, and having its top and side walls cut away, of a valve-casing saddled in the said cut-away portion of the spigot-casing, and communicating with the valve-casing openings communicating with the said inlet and outlet openings respectively of the spigot-easing, and a valve arranged in the said valve-casing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK R. FERN. WVitnesses:

J AMES PALMER, E. A. HARRIS. 

